For several months now, I have known who I will support in the 2008 presidential election, but until yesterday, I hadn’t thought much about the congressional elections. In witnessing the debacle that is being heralded as the greatest economic crisis in a century, however, I know exactly who I will vote for in the other national election—anybody but the incumbent. While this proposed bailout may be absolutely necessary to protect our economy and system of credit, I am seething with rage at every one of those individuals who sat in their comfortable seats in Congress while Wall Street financiers went to Vegas with millions of dollars in mortgage money that has now disappeared. We trusted our representatives to look out for our interests, but instead they rewarded, protected, and ignored the high-risk, greedy schemes that were dooming these Wall Street firms. How can we trust any of these jokers again? And everyone is to blame—Republicans, Democrats, everyone. It is time for a carthartic revolt by the American voters. The only way to make sure that this doesn’t happen again is to hold these officials accountable for their reprehensible mismanagement of this crisis. They all have forfeited their right to represent us any further.
Do you want your vote to make a difference? Vote the bums out! Go non-incumbent!
Note: I know McCain has presided over this fiasco as well, but Senator Obama as an alternative is absolutely terrifying for me.
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